Task 1: Understand the purpose of an organisation and its operating environment. Network Rail was founded in 2002 and is the owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain‚ this includes: tracks‚ signals‚ most stations‚ tunnels and level crossings. It is a company limited by guarantee‚ this means financially they are directly accountable to their members’ a members role is a similar role of shareholder except they have no financial interest. However‚ any final financial decisions
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CASE STUDY 1 BNSF Railway: Training New Hires for Safety In 2011‚ BNSF rolled out a plan to hire more than 4‚000 new employees – one of the most ambitious hiring plans ever for the company. Of the new hires‚ the majority of them (about 2‚400) are being hired into the company’s Transportation Group as conductors. The hiring is essential to fill vacancies due to retirements and to respond to the increasing business volumes BNSF is shipping. While these new people will help BNSF continue providing the
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STUDY ON THE KENYA RAILWAYS CORPORATION The Kenya railway Corporation is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and has power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to acquire‚ hold and dispose of movable and immovable property for the purposes of the Corporation. It is managed by a board of directors of the Corporation. i. a Chairman of the Board appointed by the Minister; ii. the Managing Director; iii. the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for the
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PROLOGUE THE train swayed and rocked as it traveled through the Raccoon woods‚ the thunder of its wheels echoed by a thundering twilight sky. Bill Nyberg rifled through the Hardy file‚ his briefcase on the floor at his feet. It had been a long day‚ and the gentle rocking of the train soothed him. It was late‚ after eight‚ but the Ecliptic Express was mostly full‚ as it often was for the dinner hour. It was a company train‚ and since the renovation—Umbrella had gone to great expense to make it classically
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Profile What does the “happiest place on earth‚” also know as Disneyland‚ have to offer on a regular basis? It was a bright sunny day in Anaheim California‚ and my friends Ruben‚ Sassan and I were just arriving at the theme park. We were all so excited to spend the day messing around between parks; especially considering the fact that we got in for free! Ruben’s mom works at Disneyland‚ which is how we were able to get in for free. Disneyland is only one theme park‚ but there are so many different
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CRITICAL EVALUATION Introduction ‘Underground to Canada’ by Barbara Smucker is a captivating novel which tells the story of Julilly and Liza and their journey to Canada. The following essay will show how Smucker uses themes such as courage and determination to make the novel’s two central characters (Julilly and Liza) show remarkable feats of courage to escape from slavery and make a new life for themselves in Canada. Plot Summary At the beginning of the novel Julilly and Mammy Sally are slaves
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attribute this growth to the construction of the railroads. This attribution is due to the many benefits that arose during the construction and development of railroads. The railroads allowed widespread migration from east to west that allowed for greater exploitation of western pastures. Railroads also allowed for industrial innovations through the use of technical knowhow developed during construction. There has been a challenge the assertion that railroads played a great importance in American economic
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Important People / Events 1815-1850:Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was started to being built in 1815 and it finished in 1850 allowing many Africans Americans over to Canada. It was a secret way of reaching freedom and the railroad was made out of safe houses‚ rivers‚ conductors‚ trails and secret routes which all led to freedom. Ten of thousands of african Americans got to Canada using the Underground railroad getting them to Upper and Lower Canada. 1850:The Fugitive Slave Act The
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successfully sued the Long Island Railroad Company for compensation for her injuries in the Kings County‚ New York State Circuit Court. The Long Island Railroad Company appealed this decision to the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court‚ Second Department‚ which upheld the lower court’s ruling. The company appealed once more to the New York Court of Appeals‚ which agreed to hear the case. FACTS OF THE CASE The Plaintiff was purchasing a ticket on the railroad platform. A train stopped on the
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(the railroads). The Homestead Act ’s biggest weakness however‚ was not taking into account conditions on the frontier. I also think that the eastern framers did not consider that some of their land was too large for irrigated farming and too small for dry farming. The role of the private capital in the American West was towards the rich. The poor individuals did not have any control of most of the land even if they were the first occupants. The rich people were also in control of the railroad system
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